matthew green wrote:

> 
>    > does this mean i can no longer safely run:
>    >
>    > 	ifconfig `cat /etc/ifconfig.xxx`
>    >
>    > ?  if so, that's a lose.
>    
>    Well, you couldn't always do so before either... my ifconfig.* files have
>    two lines, one for IPv4, and one for IPv6.
> 
> ah, so we began losing with ipv6 i guess.  oh well, i'll just have to get
> out of that habit :-(

Sounds like we almost need the equivalent of a 

	/etc/rc.d/ifconfig start <interface>

or something (a subset of netstart)...

Simon.
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